H.M.S. Aquarius (1900)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Aquarius (1900) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | N.13 (1914) N.06 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Austin[2] |
| Launched: | 25 Sep, 1900[3] |
| Sold: | 14 May, 1920[4] |
H.M.S. Aquarius was the former S. S. Hampstead, purchased in 1902 as a distillery vessel and converted into a depot ship.
Service
Aquarius completed conversion into a depot ship in June, 1907. She served the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla in the Forth in 1914-15 and then submarines in the Mediterranean in 1915. She finished the war as a water carrier and depot ship in the Mediterranean.[5]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
